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You could soon grow your own Ozempic-like medication
uOttawa students launch award-winning sustainable biomanufacturing platform to address pharmaceutical inequalities
Plastic on the mind: Countering microplastics impact on brain, general health
Microplastics are invading our bodies, with a recent influential study highlighting a spoon’s worth of these toxic particles alone can be found in the…
uOttawa team develops innovative animal model for studying limb spasticity
Researchers at the University of Ottawa have made a significant advancement in the field of spinal cord injury research, developing a novel optogeneti…
RESEARCH AND INNOVATION
RESEARCH AND INNOVATION
15 Canada Research Chairs to boost innovation at uOttawa around science and soc…
The University of Ottawa is furthering research excellence through 15 new and renewed Canada Research Chairs (CRCs) addressing a broad range of global…
Sustainability
Sustainability
uOttawa climbs in QS Sustainability Rankings
The University of Ottawa continues to shine as a leader in sustainability, as highlighted in the QS World University Sustainability Rankings 2025. Thi…
RESEARCH AND INNOVATION
RESEARCH AND INNOVATION
Paul Corkum awarded the American Physical Society’s 2025 APS Medal for Exceptio…
Professor Paul Corkum, a physics researcher at the University of Ottawa best known for his pioneering contributions to attosecond science, has been aw…
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Marleau Seminar
Marleau Seminar
Mar 28
Government spending and fiscal foresight
The will focus on the effects of government spending and whether they depend on expectations of future taxes, a central tenet of the fiscal theory of …
U7+ Alliance Summit
U7+ Alliance Summit
Apr 22
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Apr 23
uOttawa to host talks between world’s top university leaders in Canada’s G7 year
uOttawa is first Canadian host of the U7+ Alliance Summit, a global consortium of universities that unite to tackle the world’s most pressing challeng…
CCERBAL 2025 Conference
CCERBAL 2025 Conference
May 8
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May 10
CCERBAL 2025 Conference: Bilingualism and multilingualism
The focus of the CCERBAL 2025 Conference will be on conceptual, empirical, and practice-based contributions on language and technology, Indigenous lan…
The Conversation
The Conversation
Why we shouldn’t let lower fertility rates fuel pronatalist policies
"In my work as a planetary health researcher, I understand the complex dynamics between reproductive rights, population dynamics and environmental sustainability. This new executive order has me worried," writes Céline Delacroix from the Faculty of Health Sciences.
The Conversation
The Conversation
How political leaders communicate climate policy should be a defining factor th…
The current iteration of Canada’s consumer carbon rebate is dead — which many view as a casualty of effective communication — yet climate policy remains a pressing topic for voters and a major battleground for political leaders, writes Andrew Heffernan, Adjunct Professor at the Faculty of Social Sciences.
The Conversation
The Conversation
Trump’s potential embrace of ‘continentalist geopolitics’ poses grave risks to …
Trump’s second presidency marks a contemporary twist on an older form of continentalist geopolitics with important implications for Canada and the world, writes Professor Michael Williams of the Faculty of Social Sciences.